They may look like humble little blocks, but these miracle devices could end animal testing, revolutionise the development of new drugs – and lead us into a world of entirely personalised medicine
The age-defying 80-year-old fashion icon, all honed biceps and reflective mood, ponders the end of his empire and produces a vintage assortment of designs
Materials that reshaped design in the 20th century are now showing signs of degradation due to the instability of plastics
A new Roman Polanski film is being shown, Jeff Koons and Donald Judd artworks are strewn about, and Wes Anderson’s designed the kitsch cafe … in a scruffy industrial corner of Milan, Rem Koolhaas and Miuccia Prada have made a dazzling art space, so vast it’s practically a city. Oliver Wainwright is in awe
Andrew Ritchie, inventor: ‘I set out to make a magic carpet you can keep in your pocket. It’s been a perilous journey’
Three major summer exhibitions will highlight how footwear can define and transform us